Bayeux Tapestry: UK Return Reignites Regional Heritage Wars
After over 958 years in exile, the Bayeux Tapestry’s impending UK return has reignited old battles – not with swords this time, but with policy papers…
14 July 2025
News
MIMA To Host Turner Prize 2026: A Cultural Coup For Middlesbrough
The Turner Prize is coming to Teesside. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) will stage the prestigious contemporary art award in autumn 2026…
14 July 2025
Rory Pilgrim: Find Miracles A Sonic Soundwork Arrives At Waterloo Station
The Underground takes on a different timbre this month as Find Miracles, a new sound work by Turner Prize-nominated artist Rory Pilgrim…
14 July 2025
Sir Brian Clarke Visionary of Contemporary Stained Glass Dies Aged 72
Artlyst Obituary | 7 July 2025: Sir Brian Clarke, whose restless experimentation and a driving ambition updated stained glass from an ecclesiastical craft into a powerful contemporary art form….
9 July 2025
Moira Cameron Wins Annual NPG Portrait Award 2025
Moira Cameron has been awarded first prize in the 2025 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award for her contemplative and boldly executed self-portrait, A Life Lived….
8 July 2025
Mark Wallinger: Terminal 1 Installation At Glastonbury Confronts Border-State
Turner Prize winner Mark Wallinger, politically explosive terrain, has returned with Jungle Gym, a starkly conceived structure at Glastonbury’s Terminal 1 stage…
30 June 2025
Art Market News
Christie’s Half Year Figures 2025 Points To Art Market Equilibrium
Christie’s first-half figures for 2025 reveal a market holding steady—$2.1 billion in sales, mirroring 2024’s tally. Yet, stability comes with… Read More
17 July 2025
Art Basel Qatar Unveils Inaugural Edition With Artist Wael Shawky At The Helm
Artlyst News Desk: Art Basel Qatar has confirmed the launch details of its highly anticipated Qatar edition, scheduled to debut… Read More
9 July 2025
Baroque Painter Diana de Rosa Breaks Auction Record at Sotheby’s
A previously unknown painting by Diana de Rosa, a rare female voice in 17th-century Neapolitan art, has stunned the Old… Read More
8 July 2025
Canaletto: Venice Ascension Day Painting Achieves Record £31.9m At Christie’s
Canaletto’s luminous Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, has sold for a record price of £31.9 million… Read More
2 July 2025
People
Ann Philbin Wins Getty Prize For Her Contributions To The Arts
Los Angeles — The J. Paul Getty Trust has awarded its annual Getty Prize to Ann Philbin, director emeritus of… Read More
16 July 2025
Amedeo Modigliani: An Elongated Greek Tragedy – Artlyst Profile
A new film about Amedeo Modigliani, directed by Johnny Depp, Modigliani – Three Days on the Wing of Madness, is… Read More
13 July 2025
David Hockney At 88: A Life In Technicolor – Artlyst Profile
Happy 88th Birthday David Hockney! Few artists have traversed the terrain of contemporary art with the same vitality, irreverence, and… Read More
9 July 2025
Sean Scully At 80: A Celebration Of Colour and Form
Happy Birthday, Sean, and congratulations on reaching your 80th decade. You have inspired a generation of young artists and reopened… Read More
1 July 2025
Events
Emily Kam Kngwarray
A major exhibition celebrating the monumental art of Emily Kam Kngwarray
Kiefer / Van Gogh
This focused exhibition is the first to consider the lasting influence that Van Gogh has had on Kiefer.
Abstract Erotic: Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, Alice Adams
Extraordinary sculptures by Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse and Alice Adams
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting brings together 45 works made throughout the artist’s career.
Rachel Jones: Gated Canyons
Gated Canyons is the highly anticipated exhibition by acclaimed artist Rachel Jones, the first contemporary solo show in the Gallery’s main exhibition space.
Edward Burra – Ithell Colquhoun
RA Summer Exhibition 2025
The UK’s best-loved art show returns this summer.
Yoshitomo Nara
Dive into the captivating, creative world of Yoshitomo Nara in the largest European retrospective of one of Japan’s most celebrated artists.
Serpentine Pavilion 2025 By Marina Tabassum
A Capsule in Time by Marina Tabassum and her firm, Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA)
Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits
Experience the power and glamour of John Singer Sargent’s portraits in Kenwood’s new exhibition, Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits.
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Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha’s monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Do Ho Suh: Walk The House – The Genesis Exhibition
Large-scale installations, sculptures, videos and drawings by Korean-born artist Do Ho Suh
Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur
Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur presents over 40 new works by Sir Grayson Perry (1960).
Leigh Bowery!
A celebration of the boundary-pushing career of artist Leigh Bowery.
Flowers – Flora In Contemporary Art & Culture
FLOWERS – FLORA IN CONTEMPORARY ART & CULTURE seeks to reveal the myriad ways that flowers continue to be depicted by artists and their omnipresence within our contemporary culture.
Reviews
Sussex Reflections Pallant House and Ditchling Museum – Claudia Barbieri Childs
Claudia Barbieri Childs visited Pallant House and the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft in Sussex to see their latest exhibitions.
14 July 2025
Jyll Bradley: Running and Returning The Box Plymouth – Paul Carey-Kent
It’s well worth visiting The Box in Plymouth for a remarkably comprehensive and superbly orchestrated retrospective covering more than forty years of Jyll Bradley’s practice…
4 July 2025
Sussex Modernism Towner Eastbourne Elegant Pleasurable and Informative – Jude Montague
Sussex Modernism at Towner Eastbourne is a complex show that breaks out of its historical box to include contemporary artists… Read More
1 July 2025
Time for Trees A Time For Growing London Summer Exhibitions – Nico Kos Earle
When Marina Tabassum’s architects were invited to design the Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, its 25th iteration since Zaha Hadid, they drew inspiration from the trees….
30 June 2025
Jenny Saville Excavating The Feminine NPG – Sooz Belnavis-Abbott
When I walked into Jenny Saville’s exhibition, The Anatomy of Painting, this morning, my face split into a grin.
24 June 2025
Edward Burra And Ithell Colquhoun Bring Joy To Tate Britain – Sophie Parkin
Edward Burra and Ithell Colquhoun were both Surrealists, which makes you understand their twinning at Tate Britain
16 June 2025
RA Summer Exhibition: An Annual Artistic Ephemeral Jamboree – Oliver Malin
Another Annus Mirabilis, Another RA Summer Exhibition, No 258, which all kicked off in 1769, the year of Napoleon Bonaparte’s birth, so it’s always had big boots to fill….
11 June 2025
Intimations Of Andy Warhol Newlands House Gallery – Claudia Barbieri Childs
Andy Warhol: My True Story, the summer show at Newlands House Gallery, is a humanising portrait of one of Modern Art’s most sacred monsters.
10 June 2025
Yoshitomo Nara: A Wide-Eyed Rebellion – Hayward Gallery
For the first time in the UK, a public institution has dedicated its space to a full-scale retrospective of Yoshitomo Nara, the Japanese artist whose enigmatic, wide-eyed children…
9 June 2025
Anna-Eva Bergman & Hans Hartung: A Dialogue of Light and Gesture
A major retrospective at Kunsthalle Praha, And We’ll Never Be Parted, redefines the artistic partnership of the 20th-century Abstract painters Anna-Eva Bergman and Hans Hartung….
7 June 2025
Amsterdam Art Week 2025: The Shows/The Studios – Paul Carey Kent
There are seventy art spaces and over a hundred events listed as part of Amsterdam’s Art Week (20-25 May), including the open studios, which I have chosen below.
25 May 2025
Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits – A Gilded Age Reckoning at Kenwood House
One hundred years after John Singer Sargent’s death, Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits arrives at Kenwood House in North London with bold bravado….
20 May 2025
Damien Hirst: The Unseen Drawings Behind The Velvet Curtain
For an artist synonymous with shock, scale, and spectacle, Damien Hirst’s most revealing works may be his most discreet yet.
13 May 2025
Stephen Cox: Atavistic Sculptures Adorn Houghton Hall Norfolk – Sue Hubbard
Houghton Hall, in Norfolk, was commissioned by the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole.
7 May 2025
Jeremy Deller Unveils Roman Style Mosaic At Scarborough Coastal Art Trail – Sue Hubbard
Sue Hubbard went to Scarborough to see the completed coastal art and nature trail, featuring works by Jeremy Deller, Emma Smith, Ryan Gander, Shezad Dawood with Daisy Hildyard, Paul Morrison and Juneau Projects…..
1 May 2025
Underwater Extravaganza Hastings Contemporary – Jude Montague
Undersea is the latest exhibition on a maritime theme, curated by art historian James Russell, for the Hastings Contemporary. It completes a trilogy following Seaside Modern (2021) and (2022).
22 April 2025
Archibald Knox The Visionary Manx Designer – Sara Faith
Archibald Knox (1864-1933) is best known as a designer for The Silver Studio and then for Liberty & Co. in the early years of the 20th century,
22 April 2025
Giuseppe Penone Thoughts in The Roots Serpentine – Sue Hubbard
Giuseppe Penone’s show brings together Penone’s sculptures, installations and drawings from 1969 until now.
11 April 2025
Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur A Raucous Romp Through The Wallace Collection
Grayson Perry has always been a master of holding up a carnival mirror to society, and his latest exhibition, Delusions of Grandeur, at the Wallace Collection…
26 March 2025
The Myth of Leigh Bowery Laid Bare in New Tate Show – James Payne
Leigh Bowery was a groundbreaking performance artist, club entrepreneur, fashion designer, musician…. a thief, a shitkicker and…uh…he wanted to be famous.
27 February 2025
Previews
Gerhard Richter Retrospective: Fondation Louis Vuitton Showcases Nicholas Serota Curated Exhibition
From October 17, 2025, to March 2, 2026, the Fondation Louis Vuitton will host a sweeping survey of Gerhard Richter’s work—the first to fully span his six-decade career….
16 July 2025
Lucy Sparrow Stitches Up Mayfair With The Bourdon Street Chippy
On 1 August, Lucy Sparrow will serve up her latest felt fabrication—a fully detailed hand-stitched fish and chip shop—at Mayfair’s Lyndsey Ingram Gallery…
11 July 2025
Paz Errázuriz: Dare to Look First Major UK Survey – MK Gallery
MK Gallery continues its compelling run of exhibitions with the first UK retrospective of Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz—a long overdue survey…
7 July 2025
Jane Harris: CLOSE Presents Landmark Exhibitions In London and Somerset
CLOSE is presenting two concurrent solo exhibitions celebrating the life and legacy of the late British abstract artist Jane Harris (1956-2022)….
4 July 2025
Pablo Bronstein Reimagines The Temple Of Solomon At Waddesdon Manor
In a bold and meticulous act of historical fabulation, Pablo Bronstein has turned his attention to one of the most elusive architectural enigmas in religious history…
30 June 2025
Kiefer & Van Gogh: An Intimate Visual Dialogue – Artlyst
When Anselm Kiefer first traced Vincent van Gogh’s footsteps at 18, clutching a travel grant and a head full of visions, he found more than inspiration…
24 June 2025
Punk Icon Jordan: Unseen Archival Exhibition To Mark Her 70th Birthday
To mark what would have been Jordan’s 70th year, a new exhibition unveils an unseen archive of images tracing her journey from childhood to Punk legend….
18 June 2025
Liverpool Biennial 2025: ‘BEDROCK’ – A City’s Foundations Unearthed
Liverpool – The 13th edition of the Liverpool Biennial, titled BEDROCK, will unfold across the city from 7 June to 14 September 2025…
6 June 2025
London Gallery Weekend 2025: An Alphabetical Guide to Essential Exhibitions
As London Gallery Weekend returns for its fifth edition (6-8 June), we present an alphabetical selection of standout recommended exhibitions across the capital…
5 June 2025
Gilbert & George: Landmark Hayward Gallery Exhibition Coming Soon
“We love the 21st century. It is our best century so far!” So proclaim Gilbert & George, the irreverent duo who have spent over five decades holding up a mirror to modern life….
1 June 2025
V&A East Storehouse Opens Unique Museum Experience
The V&A’s new working store and visitor attraction, V&A East Storehouse, opens to the public on 31 May 2025.
28 May 2025
Blitz Club Exhibition Explores 1980s New Romantic London – Design Museum
The Design Museum is set to transport visitors back to the birthplace of 1980s subculture with Blitz: The Club That Shaped the 80s…
21 May 2025
Maggi Hambling & Sarah Lucas: A Shared Brutal Wit – Sadie Coles HQ London
Some friendships are written in the stars—or at least, on the same birthday. Maggi Hambling and Sarah Lucas first collided…
19 May 2025
The Parkin Lot: Three generations One Show Rogue Gallery St Leonards – Sophie Parkin
Sophie Parkin on Molly Parkin’s Alzheimer’s, growing up as an artist and passing the paint brushes on to her daughter…
9 May 2025
Features
The Serpentine Galleries 2025 Summer Pavilions – Of Time and Play
The Serpentine gallery has spawned twins, by two very different architects: One a Bangladeshi woman from Dhaka, Marina Tabassum, the other a well-known Englishman, Sir Peter Cook….
16 July 2025
8 Art Exhibitions Not To Miss Closing August 2025
If you have any time off work this summer, please visit these art exhibitions, which are due to close in August. All the exhibitions have been singled out by the Artlyst team as well worth a visit.
14 July 2025
The Art Diary July 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens
July’s Art Diary begins with exhibitions in and reflection on ecclesiastical buildings, through the Liverpool Biennial and the Waterloo Festival.
30 June 2025
A Summer Of FREE London Art Exhibition Stuff – Sophie Parkin
I love London in the Summer, though many might argue. I love the art in parks, the getting out and discovering new lost and unfound museums and galleries…
25 June 2025
Mark Woods Formula + Fetish: A Cronenbergian Encounter – Interview Paul Carter Robinson
Mark Woods (b. 1961, Surrey) is a British artist whose work straddles the charged space between adornment, provocation, and artifice.
25 June 2025
Linder: A Kind of Glamour And Danger – Interview Anna Goodman
Linder—first weaponised scissors and glue in the mid-1970s, hacking through women’s magazines and softcore pornography to create photomontages…
16 June 2025
Nicole Wermers: Interview of the Month, June 2025 – Paul Carey-Kent
London-based German artist Nicole Wermers was Turner Prize-nominated in 2015 and features in the current Tate Britain hang. Her show ‘Tails & Fainters’, at Herald St….
10 June 2025
Goodwood Art Foundation New Destination For Art Education And Environment
Art, education and environment. These are the three pillars at the heart of the newly launched not-for-profit Goodwood Art Foundation near Chichester, Sussex.
2 June 2025
Plásmata 3: An Art Trail Where Reality Melts Into Illusion – Onassis Stegi
Athens: Plásmata 3 ‘We’ve met before, haven’t we?’ Pedion tou Areos Park has unveiled a wide-ranging exhibition backed by Onassis Stegi. This year’s edition becomes a stage for the uncanny…
31 May 2025
Ten Out Of London Art Exhibitions Summer 2025
Artlyst has selected ten exhibitions that will open outside London and throughout the UK in Summer 2025.
30 May 2025
London Art Degree Shows 2025 Guide
Here is a comprehensive list of all the major London art degree shows scheduled for the summer.
13 May 2025
Manifesta 16 Ruhr: Nomadic Biennial To Transform Post-War Churches Into Cultural Hubs
Manifesta 16 Ruhr will open on the summer solstice, 21 June 2026, transforming Germany’s post-industrial Ruhr Area…
30 April 2025
Twelve Out of London Art Exhibitions 2025
Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions that will take place out of London and around the UK during 2025.
14 January 2025
London Art Exhibitions 2025 An Artlyst Month by Month Guide
*UPDATED*
2025 promises to see another full and varied programme of art exhibitions in London. Artlyst has put together this month-by-month guide.
5 January 2025
Fair Comment 2025: International Art Fairs Guide – Recommended By Artlyst
Contemporary Art has an energy that pulses and a creativity that collides with culture to ignite something extraordinary. Nowhere is this fusion more electrifying than in the world’s premier art fairs….
3 January 2025
Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2024/2025 Art Of Our Time
Welcome to the Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2024/2025. The Alt Power 100 Artlyst celebrates the visionaries transforming the artistic landscape…
31 December 2024
Ten London Art Exhibitions Opening In 2025
Here are ten London Art exhibitions to look out for in 2025.
17 December 2024
Paul Carey Kent: Artist Interview Of The Month Index – Artlyst
Welcome to this new series of monthly artist interviews by critic Paul Carey-Kent. Paul has written for Art Monthly and Frieze Magazine
26 October 2021
Significant Works: A New Series Of Contemporary Art Essays By Sue Hubbard
In this new series, Sue Hubbard explores single works by leading contemporary artists.
1 September 2020
Great Artworks Explained A New Video Series By James Payne
This is a new series by Artist/historian James Payne demystifying great works of art. We will be adding to this page as the content is produced.
1 June 2020
Books For Sale
Irascible: The Combative Life of Douglas Cooper – Book Review Dr. Clare Finn
Richard Calvocoressi’s prologue to this well-researched biography states that if Douglas Cooper and Roland Penrose had been able to “bury their differences….
16 July 2025
Mark Woods: Formula + Fetish – Artlyst Book Of The Week
In Formula + Fetish, the first comprehensive monograph devoted to British artist Mark Woods, readers are drawn into a world where the decorative and the disturbing walk in lockstep….
10 July 2025
Kiefer/Van Gogh: Unearthing Unfinished Business – Simon Schama – Artlyst Book Review
At seventeen, Anselm Kiefer embarked on a pilgrimage—funded by a travel grant—that would quietly shape his trajectory. He first followed… Read More
26 June 2025
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting – A Masterful Catalogue
Jenny Saville’s monumental depictions of the human body are as much about the materiality of paint as they are about the flesh they portray. Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting…
19 June 2025